diff --git a/test/old/testdir/test_autocmd.vim b/test/old/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
index 887fb1dca6..17fde49840 100644
--- a/test/old/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
+++ b/test/old/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
@@ -1999,6 +1999,8 @@ endfunc
 
 " Ensure :cabbr does not cause a spurious CmdlineLeavePre.
 func Test_CmdlineLeavePre_cabbr()
+  " For unknown reason this fails intermittently on MS-Windows
+  CheckNotMSWindows
   CheckFeature terminal
   let buf = term_start([GetVimProg(), '--clean', '-c', 'set noswapfile'], {'term_rows': 3})
   call assert_equal('running', term_getstatus(buf))